Extrapair paternity, inclusive fitness, and within-group benefits of helping in western bluebirds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-105

  Dickinson, J L ^a   Akre, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co operative breeding; DNA fingerprinting; Extrapair paternity; Helping; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FITNESS; SIALIA MEXICANA;

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXTRAPAIR PATERNITY; HELPING BEHAVIOUR; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; WESTERN BLUEBIRD;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

SIALIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0031597549     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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